I think a soft client would be useful for existing SunRay installations. For example, If you have a SunRay at your desk at work, and you want to resume a session while you are travelling, it would be a great way to do it. If you tend to keep a number of applications running, there is nothing quite like being able to resume the same session from a remote location.
Citrix Metaframe for UNIX allows you to do this from any type of client device, but it doesn't have the advantages that the SunRay does when you have access to physical SunRay DTU. Having a SunRay at home via VPN has only increased my desire for a soft client. I like being able to resume my session from different locations, but I'm not always at a site that has SunRays installed. I do usually have network access via a Mac or PC laptop, a soft client would come in handy in those situautions...it would end our need for Citrix for UNIX. Perhaps Sun and Citrix could get together and allow a SunRay and Citrix for UNIX installation on the same server to coexist. A session could be resumed via a SunRay desktop or a Citrix client connection. Sun wouldn't have to develop or support clients for various OS's, but their customers would get what they want. On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 09:57:51 +0400, Christopher Saul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On an unrelated note: I've heard rumors that Sun has developed a > > SunRay client in Java. Have you heard anything about this, by chance? > > > I can't see the demand existing for any kind of 'Sun Ray in software > client'. If you're using a device to access a Solaris app, there are > easier ways to access it than installing a Sun Ray software client and > connecting to a Sun Ray server, which then runs the app. Most > customers I see are using PCs, so they can use an X Server for Windows, > or X host across from Linux. If they're remote users, or using WiFi > connections from tablet PCs or such like using Tarantella or something > similar would make most sense. > > It would be fun to see though :) > > Chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > SunRay-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users > _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
